Tony
Staff member
I was sent this helicopter quite a while ago and never got around to actually doing the review on it. Well today, that changes. I pulled this helicopter out of the box and charged up the batteries (it comes with two) and inserted 6 AA batteries into the Tx. Yes, 6 batteries is what it requires for the Tx. Why? Because you can plug the battery charger into the Tx and charge your batteries that way!
The helicopter is almost a spitting image of the Blade mSR which is THE helicopter that taught me how to fly helicopters. This one is updated though and instead of linear servos, it has somewhat standard servos. They are mounted to the AIO board, and the motor for the servos is poking through the board, but they are actual servos. Definite bonus!
The blades IMO are a better design than the mSR becuase instead of two pieces having to be mounted to the head, and then the blades being mounted to those two pieces (which strip out easily BTW), the blades just mount to the main shaft without the need for the extra screw. Way easier to replace and you don't have to worry about breaking them as much.
Speaking of blades, this helicopter does come with an extra set of main blades and an extra tail blade. So if you are just learning, you have spares to replace broken blades with. And trust me, starting out, you ARE going to crash. But this helicopter can take crashes VERY well. The worst thing that happened on the two times I put it in HARD, was the battery came out. That's it! This thing is a tank!
Flying this helicopter is pretty much hands off. It has very heavy weights on the end of the flybar rod (yes, flybar!) which results in a VERY stable flight. The downside to this is the helicopter is sluggish to respond and can get into what is called the "toilet bowl effect" where it just wobbles in a circle. It tried to do it to me once, but was able to pull itself out of it without input from me.
I did have to add some right trim as well as some back trim to the helicopter to keep it in one spot, but once I did that, this thing was more stable than anything else I own (other than my mSR lol). It has high and low rates on the Tx but they label them "Mode 1, Mode 2". This is Dual Rates, not Modes just to be clear. On low rates, this thing has a very slow flight speed in all directions including YAW. When you put it in high rates or Mode 2...., It will fly a little faster, but still will not allow you to put too much bank on it.
All of this paired together makes this one of the best helicopters you can get to learn how to fly! It is extremely durable, extremely easy to fly once you learn the basics and is one of the best tools you can use to learn your orientations in flight! If you are looking to get into the hobby of RC Helicopters, or you are just wanting something that you can very easily fly around the house (protect sensitive screens and such!), then you need one of these helicopters in your life! Pick one up at the link below and help the site out at the same time for free!
WLtoys V911-pro V911-V2 2.4G 4CH RC Helicopter RC Drones from Toys Hobbies and Robot on banggood.com
